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Showing Original Post only (View all)MotherJones: "How Hillary Clinton's State Department Sold Fracking to the World" [View all]
Tip of the iceberg, this is an example of why we need to aim higher.
How Hillary Clinton's State Department Sold Fracking to the World
A trove of secret documents details the US government's global push for shale gas.
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The episode sheds light on a crucial but little-known dimension of Clinton's diplomatic legacy. Under her leadership, the State Department worked closely with energy companies to spread fracking around the globepart of a broader push to fight climate change, boost global energy supply, and undercut the power of adversaries such as Russia that use their energy resources as a cudgel. But environmental groups fear that exporting fracking, which has been linked to drinking-water contamination and earthquakes at home, could wreak havoc in countries with scant environmental regulation. And according to interviews, diplomatic cables, and other documents obtained by Mother Jones, American officialssome with deep ties to industryalso helped US firms clinch potentially lucrative shale concessions overseas, raising troubling questions about whose interests the program actually serves.
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/09/hillary-clinton-fracking-shale-state-department-chevron
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NYC_SKP
May 2015
OP
That was one of my biggest complaints after the election. There were many roles she
Exilednight
May 2015
#8
True, if the businesses are truly American and if balanced against other values, concerns.
NYC_SKP
May 2015
#82
According to her very own Super PAC, she's like the goddess of the environment, but look closer.
NYC_SKP
May 2015
#15
No, better than off the grid, I produce far more (solar) energy than I consume.
NYC_SKP
May 2015
#28
Silly. That was way back in 2012. Why dredge up the past. I'm sure she has changed since then.
L0oniX
May 2015
#12
This doesn't surprise me. Nor does the endorsement of Clinton by Nancy Reagan.
PatrickforO
May 2015
#16
Looks like we have another problem with sources. Do you trust politico? nm
rhett o rick
May 2015
#18
Must she be a champion of Either Way: Solar? She would not need defending if she is moving away
DhhD
May 2015
#25
Sorry but there's nothing elitist about shifting our focus from fossil fuel to solar...
raindaddy
May 2015
#92
Cheaper for who??? You can't even put a price on the damage fracking has done in CA
raindaddy
May 2015
#98
She's advocating the same for other countries - all to benefit the owners of these corporations.
polly7
May 2015
#100
Hopefully you haven't lived in an area where the wells have been destroyed by frackers
raindaddy
May 2015
#112
If one added up the cost of all the damage caused by fracking it's no longer a cheap
raindaddy
May 2015
#113
Those countries can solve their own problems without outside 'help' (that always comes with
polly7
May 2015
#110
You're suggesting that fracking fights climate change. Did you bother to read your own link???
NYC_SKP
May 2015
#31
Oil??? Oil is not used widely to generate electricity. You really need to do some research.
NYC_SKP
May 2015
#39
Seriously. Where Russia ships oil has zilch to do with generation of electricity in Romania.
NYC_SKP
May 2015
#68
Clinton Foundation reported that it "violated its ethics agreement with the Obama administration"
NYC_SKP
May 2015
#41
If you gave me $10,000,000,000.00 I would not vote against Hillary Clinton
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#58
She's a fighter...He's a fighter...I like to think of myself as a fighter./NT
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#75
I don't drink water, only Old Grand Dad. The distilling process kills the germs./NT
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#123
True, no argument there. However, the title of the OP is verbatim from the source.
NYC_SKP
May 2015
#71
Sure just like when the President told her Sid was NOT to advise her. She did her own thing.
TheNutcracker
May 2015
#114